Claudia Astarita is lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, researcher at the Lyon’s Institute of East Asian Studies (IAO). She obtained her Ph.D. in Asian Studies from the University of Hong Kong in 2010. Her main research interests include China’s political and economic development, Chinese and Indian Foreign policies, East Asian regionalism and regional economic integration, Asian Civil Society, and the role of media as well as official and unofficial memories in reshaping historical narratives in Asia.

Specialization

1.Political and economic development of China, India, and Japan

2.Economic and political relations between China and India

3.History and social policies of China and Japan
4.Chinese, Indian, and Japanese foreign policy (United States, Europe, Africa, and Latin America)
5.Asian regionalism and regional economic integration
6.Political and economic development of North Korea
7.South Korean foreign policy
8.Historical narratives in China and Japan
9.Chinese students abroad as agents of cosmopolitanism and globalization

Research Projects

1.Claudia Astarita is working on the migration of Asian students, to understand whether studying abroad influences the perceptions of Chinese students, and analyzing how China’s international presence shapes the subjectivity of young Chinese people.

2.Claudia Astarita is working on Asian regionalism, particularly on the impact of the New Silk Road, the Global Development Initiative, the BRICS enlargement and the Indo-Pacific on the evolution of regional/multilateral conceptions of Asia.

Dr. Claudia Astarita will be a visiting scholar at FDDI from April 14 to 25, 2025.